Tuesday, 14 October 2014

GENRE

All about Genre!


Genre is a style and category that changes due to the type of film displayed. The most common genre adventure, action, comedy, horror, drama, crime and there and many more.
  

Adventure

Adventure films are a genre of film. Unlike action films, they sometimes use their action scenes preferably to show and explore exotic locations in an energetic way. The sub genres of adventure films include, swashbuckler film, disaster films, and historical dramas, this is quite similar to the epic film genre.

 Action

Action film is a film genre in which one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include physical feats, extended fight scenes, violence, and frantic chases.


Comedy

 Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending (the black comedy being an exception). One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies.
 

Horror
Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience.

Drama

drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes.



Sub-Genres

 Most Thrillers are formed in some combination of the below, with the horror, conspiracy and psychological tricks used most commonly to heighten tension;

Action thrillers 

These are films that usually contain large amounts of weapons and elaborate set pieces. You usually have to race against the clock containing alot of ciolence and obvious antagonists.

Conspiracy thrillers

The herp/heroine confronts a large powerful group of enemies whose true extent only he/she recongises.

Crime thrillers 

Usually emphasizes action over psycological aspects. This particular genre is a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspensful account of a successful failed crime or crimes.
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Disaster thrillers

In which the main conflict is due to some sort of natural or artifical disaster.

Drama thrillers

Inwhich the story consists of the elements of a thriller and drama film. These films are usually slower paced.


Erotic thrillers 

In which it consists of erotica an thriller. It has become popular since the 1980's and the rise of VCR market penetration. Also contains 'male gaze'.


Legal thrillers 

In which the lawyers- heroes/ heroines confront enemies outside, as well as inside the courtroom. 


Political thrillers

In which the hero/heroine must ensure the stability of the government that employs him/her.

Psychological thrillers

In which  (until the often violent resolution) the conflict between  thew main characters is mental and emotional, rather tan physical e.g suspicion, shadow of a doubt and stranger on a train.
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Spy thrillers 

In which the hero/heroine is generally a government agaent who must take violent action against a villan.  


Techno thrillers 

In which (typically military) technology is described in detail and made essential to the reader's/viewer's understanding of the plot.


Religious thrillers 

In which the plot is closely connected to religious objects, institutionsa and questions e.g The Da Vinci Code.




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